John Harvard's Journal

A woman (Julia Child) struggles to carry a tall stack of books while approaching a building.

Highlights from Harvard’s Past

The rise of Cambridge cyclists, a lettuce boycott, and Julia Child’s cookbooks

A colorful, cubist-like illustration of a Harvard classroom with a robotic humanoid head looming above.

How is Artificial Intelligence Being Taught at Harvard?

A new Harvard course on artificial intelligence teaches students how to use the tool responsibly.

by Jonathan Shaw

Enterprise research campus construction activity March 17

Construction on Commercial Enterprise Research Campus in Allston

Construction on Harvard’s commercial enterprise research campus and new theater in Allston

Harvard police officer Steven Fumicello poses with black Labrador retriever Sasha.

Sasha the Harvard Police Dog

Sasha, the police dog of Harvard University

by Nina Pasquini

Football Coach Murphy, retiring

News in Brief

Education dean and football coach step down, a significant art acquisition, and more

Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates

The slates for this spring’s ballot

AI-generated illustration showing a giant octopus, its tentacles reaching around a brick university building

Applying AI—How and Why

Using AI in pedagogy, research, and University administration

by Jonathan Shaw

Hopi Hoekstra

Reengineering Arts and Sciences

Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support

by John S. Rosenberg

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Talking about Talking

Fostering healthy disagreement

by Max J. Krupnick

Illustration of Carpenter Center

Headlines from Harvard’s history

The Carpenter Center celebrated

Claudine Gay testifying before Congress December 5

A Presidency’s End

Controversies over terrorism and antisemitism, free speech, plagiarism, and broader cultural currents bring a brief presidency to a traumatic end.

by John S. Rosenberg